just hold on a minute....

i think dean's made a little scoring error... i picked Detroit, he picked Phoenix.

that makes it 4 to 3 for me!

haha!

anyway, on to round 2;

chicago over vancouver in 7

yes, i know, the hawks were pathetic in game one, but i still think they have what it takes to take vancouver. i'm still not convinced that luongo has what it takes for stanley cup success. and the only thing worse than the canucks winning the cup would be the leafs winning the cup.

SJ over detroit in 7

i don't think it's san jose's year - i don't think it ever will be as long as the Regular Season Hero line continues to wait for the end of the playoffs before they play hard again - but their second line is rolling. and nabokov seems to be playing well now. by the way; when is he going to write another book anyway? he's been coasting on Lolita for way too long.

boston over philly in the number of games required. let's say 7.

sure, why not. sets up for a dramatic eastern final which is...

montreal over pittsburgh in 7

maybe i'm cheating a bit because i just watched pittsburgh get all in a panic about not being to score and lose game 2. (hey Flames fans; did you see the game today? do you still think throwing a lot of money at bouwmeester was a better idea than throwing a lot of money at cammalleri?) it's been nearly 20 years since i was habs fan, but i can get behind them a lot easier than the canucks. go habs!